Vehicle-wheel.



H. O.- JACKSON. VBHIGLE WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED Alm 7, 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909.

bolts 34 are screwed, these spacers being arranged in the rings to alternate with the a 1ms 1.5 and extend centrally through the spaces 32.

The springs i7 are preferably assembled with the other parts of the wheel under relatively high tension, either expansion or coinpression, it being` preferred, however, that these springs be under a Compression tension of about four hundred and iifty pounds when the number of springs employed correspond with the number illustrated, though the compression tension of these springs may be varied to suit varying conditions.

llt will be understood that when the parte are assembled, the hub S will be concentric with the rim 3, and the rings I3() concentric with both the rim and the hub., and that these rings will be spaced a suliicient distance apart to permit the hub to move relative to them but be guided. thereby.

The provision or the springs 1.7, which serve to aifiord great resiliency to the wheel, renders it unnecessary that a pneumatic tire" be employed, and thus any suitable solid tire may be used. The variety of solid tire illustrated is of a well-known form having` transversely-exten-ding rods .'55 embedded in its base-portion at which it sets on the portion 5 of the rim, with wire retaining-rings 36 embedded in the side surfaces oi the tire 87 and resting on the ends of the reds 35.

It will be noted that by placing allot the springs 17 under an equal compression tension, weight upon the hub o'l' the wheel will cause the springs below the hub to be still i'urther compressed, and therefore placed under greater tension, whereas the springs above the hub will be len gthened, thus tending to place them in normal condition. By this construction the springs are caused to absorb all el the ordinary vibration and shock which occurs in traveling over rough road, preventing such vibrations lrom being communicated to the vehicle-body, and thus the advantages el pi'ieumatic-tired. wheels is afforded. liurthermore, it will be noted that the rings 3() are held in rigid condition relative to the arm 3 and thus serve constantly to hold the hub 8 in proper alinement with the arm.

To prevent the section l() 'from unscrewing l'rom the section 9 o'll the hub, I provide a series ol' screws 38 which screw into opposed openings 3Q in these hub-sections at their point o'll juncture.

The connections oi' the rim 3 with the hub 8 being flexible, permits the latter to have partial rotary movement relative tothe rim, and thus in the starting or stopping oi the engine `for driving the vehicle to which the wheels are applied, the great strain upon it, which occurs in the cases where a wheel not so constructed is employed, is greatly obviated.

The provision of means for permitting each alternate spring 17 to be secured to the hub S at points intermediate the arms l5 allows the openings 32 to be relatively large through which the sleeves 33 extend, and thus a wheel. may be provided with any number ol' springs L desired without reducing the desired degree of rotary movement of the hub with relation to the rim.

It will be manifest from the foregoing description that the wheel may be readily disassembled in. whole or in part and new parts be readily substituted should parts become impaired, and that each oi the springs 17 may be adjusted independently of the others.

\Vhat l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A vehicle-wheel comprising, in combination, a rim, a hub provided with a series oi openings extending through it intermediate oi' its central portieri and its periphery, a series oi radially-extending coiled springs connected at their outer ends with the rim and at their inner ends with the hub at its periphery, rim-alining members on opposite sides oi the hub, means connecting said rimalining members with the rim, and spacing means for said rim-alining members extending through said openings.

2. A vehicle-wheel comprising, in combination, a rim, a hub provided with a series or" transverse openings intermediate of its periphery and center portion, the hub containing outwardly opening recesses in its periphery, a series of radially-disposed coiled springs connected at their outer ends with the rim and at their inner ends with the hub at the recesses therein, rim-alining members on opposite sides of the hub, means connecting said rim-alining members with the rim, and spacing-members for said rim-alining members extending through the transverse openings in the hub, said spacing-members being oi such size relative to the transverse openings through which they extend as to permit oitl their having limited play therein.

HENRY O. JACKSON. ln presence olf- WXLLIAM B. DAvIns, RALrn Seimnrnn. 

